Here's a look at some recent noteworthy stories from other media in southwest Michigan:

Two Niles brothers have been charged with felony animal cruelty after police found several sick cats and a dead cat at their home on South 14th Street last month.Authorities said the house was "unlivable."[Herald Palladium]

Demetrius Marshawn Banks, a Centreville man suspected of the robbery of the Centreville Shell mart in June, faces up to life in prison after being charged with armed robbery. [Three Rivers Commercial News]